Chapter 400: First Week Box Office Released
Chapter 400: First Week Box Office Released
As a popular lover, Fan Wumian's charm is incredible.
Whenever his gaze rested on any trainee, that person's heart would always be filled with joy, as if their chest was beating like a deer, and they would wonder if they were special in his eyes.
He personally comforted the trainees on the scene, with the fundamental purpose of letting them calm down and not slander the crew even if they were not selected.
It just goes like this: “Only those who have wronged you know how wronged you are.”
As the boss, Fan Wumian is of course aware of how unfair this program is as so many members of the girl group have been decided in advance.
Some trainees are not only talented, but are also very serious and kind during training. However, sometimes hard work alone is not enough.
To put it figuratively.
For a beautiful and memorable girl like Guo Biting, investing 100 million resources in her is likely to reap dozens of times the profit in a few years. She is especially likely to receive endorsements, filming opportunities and commercial performances.
As for some trainees who are very talented but lack popularity, even if Fan Wumian invests millions of dollars worth of resources in them, he may only be able to barely recoup the cost and earn a little pocket money.
There are only nine spots in the girl group, and every vacancy is filled.
When building a group as a boss, it is inevitable that you need to consider how to maximize the value, and I have to say sorry to many of the trainees.
Of course.
If their overall strength is really good, Fan Wumian doesn't mind signing a few of them and arranging for them to sing or film.
After watching three episodes of the show, he had already set his sights on Zhang Yuqi, Guo Caijie and others, and was preparing to sign them separately.
Lim Yoona from South Korea was put into the "preparatory elimination" list in advance because of her language barrier, unsociable personality, and being depressed all day long, looking a little depressed. She was not well-liked after the show was broadcast.
Without the halo of "Girls' Generation", it is indeed a little bit ordinary.
On the other hand, Yui Aragaki, who comes from an island country, is very adaptable to the atmosphere among the trainees. In the last episode, she even took out some time during the break to make a sukiyaki meal for everyone. She always finds ways to create some highlights to prevent herself from being completely marginalized.
This is consistent with Fan Wumian's impression of the girls from the island countries.
No matter what their true thoughts are, at least they are very good at putting on a show, for fear of being accused of being impolite, unsociable, etc.
Considering the huge size of the island country's market and that it is one of the important ticket bases for movie box office, as long as nothing goes wrong, Fan Wumian has decided to keep Yui Aragaki.
As for the South Korean market, it is too competitive and not much money can be made. It would be better to squeeze out the quota and leave it for the mainland.
Facing this group of trainees, Fan Wumian didn't dare to greet anyone in particular and tried his best to be fair to them all.
After briefly explaining the situation, he had a chat with the program director and asked about their plans for the next shoot.
It's like checking a book of life and death.
Fan Wumian called out seven names in a row to ensure that they would not be eliminated. The remaining two places were temporarily pending and a decision would be made after seeing the audience's reaction.
The list of names he had chosen in advance included his classmates Shi Xian, Christine Kuo, Baby Yang, Janice Man, Ng Jiani, Yui Aragaki, and Liu Xiyun. Not to mention others, their average appearance was quite high.
There is no shortage of good-looking people in the group, so for the remaining two spots, the singing and dancing skills need to be a little better to ensure the overall strength is acceptable.
Everything that needed to be arranged had already been arranged, and there wasn't much for Fan Wumian to worry about.
The girl group has not yet been established, but it has already received a number of sponsorships and product placements through this reality show, and has earned 1850 million yuan in the past half month.
The TV station has almost paid for the expenses of producing the program, and the advertisements it has received recently are equal to the net profit.
Seeing that this type of variety show is so popular, Fan Wumian began to consider in advance that after the Alluring Girls group is formed, he would continue to shoot a reality show to record their debut process.
This way.
Not only can we continue to promote their works with the help of the TV station's resources, but we can also have the opportunity to earn back the cost of training them. It is like killing two birds with one stone and has many benefits.
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"Time Trap" has been released for more than a week and has received pretty good reviews.
As a low-budget science fiction film that relies on imagination, it lacks well-known actors except Feng Ying'er, so its box office performance is far less strong than works such as "A Quiet Place" and "Those Years".
Its first-week box office results in the mainland have just been released. According to preliminary statistics, it has a total of more than 2600 million RMB, slightly lower than the Hollywood special effects blockbuster "King Kong" released some time ago. The first-week box office in Hong Kong was more than 1500 million Hong Kong dollars. Compared with "Crazy Stone", the box office in the mainland during the same period was about a quarter less, but the results are still quite impressive.
On the other hand, in the European and American markets.
The audience really likes the imaginative setting of "Time Trap", which concentrates the epitome of tens of millions of years of history in a small cave, making people feel full of novelty after watching it.
"Huo Yuanjia" was released in North America at the beginning of the year and achieved a first-week box office of 2463 million US dollars, while "Time Trap" was released in North America for one week and the total box office reached 3300 million US dollars, and the online Rotten Tomatoes freshness was as high as 94%.
It’s not that this movie is really that attractive, it’s just that people have long been tired of the routine of Hollywood commercial movies. In the past two years, they have become obsessed with some niche works and are willing to give higher ratings.
"A Quiet Place 1" also came at a good time, but it was a pity that Fan Wumian lacked fame and sufficient funds at the time, so the real fat was eaten by Miramax, and he just followed behind to get a sip of the soup.
It is worth mentioning that.
At the Cannes Film Festival, the European distribution rights of "The Man from Earth" were bought by an unknown small company, and recently it has accumulated box office revenue of more than 300 million euros.
It is certainly profitable, but the scale of the profit is limited and indeed not attractive enough. It is more suitable for killing time by playing DVDs at home.
According to Paramount's marketing department.
According to the first week performance of "Time Trap" in North America, the total box office in North America should be around 1.8 million US dollars.
The film was handed over to Paramount for distribution. 60% of the revenue in the first week would be given to Fan Wumian, which would be reduced to 50% in the second week. Starting from the third week, the revenue would be fixed at 40%.
no way.
This is the rule in Hollywood. The market is firmly controlled by a few giants. If you want to take food from them, you have to pay a part of the "protection fee".
Compared with Miramax and Disney, the conditions offered by Paramount are already the best options that Fan Wumian can find. He can get part of the box office share and the revenue from surrounding copyrights at the same time, which is more promising than being bought out at a low price all at once.
The second day after returning to Shenzhen.
Feng Ying'er got up early in the morning and took a bus to Hong Kong to meet up with the starring team of "Time Trap" to promote the film.
Fan Wumian continued to stay in Shenzhen, busy with the follow-up matters of the acquisition of Hualun Tiannu and Fei Li, and by the way, he conceived a new script and wrote some words to save the manuscript of "Emperor Huang Tian".
period.
He was sitting in front of the computer typing, writing about how the protagonist cuts the "Source Stone", accidentally obtains a turtle-shaped semi-immortal medicine, is visited by his enemy, and mistakenly enters a certain forbidden land of heavenly thunder and swallows medicine to hold on.
Suddenly I received a call from Xiao Ma Ge from Penguin Group, asking if it would be convenient for me to make time to meet him.
Ever since Fan Wumian bought two villas in the Shahe Golf Villa District and it quickly rose in popularity, this place has become a hot spot in the eyes of the wealthy in Shenzhen.
Even commercial and residential villas with 40-year property rights still attract many high-quality buyers because of their high cost-effectiveness and comfortable environment.
Including townhouses, every house on the market is sold out. The price of single-family commercial and residential unfinished villas has risen to around 1000 million RMB, and the taxes and fees are so high that the sellers want to cry.
Brother Xiao Ma also bought a house here for his parents, which is only thirty or forty meters away from Fan Wumian’s house. He just moved here at the beginning of the year.
We made an appointment on the phone to meet at the golf course.
Fan Wumian changed his clothes specially, wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and shorts, looking casual and relaxed. Xiao Ma Ge, on the other hand, was very gentle, wearing a white shirt and trousers, and he was so hot that sweat broke out on his forehead.
A few polite words first.
Xiao Ma pointed to the grass in front of him and asked:
"Mr. Fan, do you like playing golf? I'm not very good at it. I got a membership card last year, but I don't have time to come here. I usually just come here to eat."
Fan Wumian spread his hands and said:
"I'm not very good at it either. I've been rich for too short a time, and I haven't caught up with many of my hobbies. The sun is so strong overhead, how about having a glass of ice water and some fresh air?"
"Okay."
Brother Ma continued:
"It's nothing important to ask you, but the largest shareholder may sell the shares to you. I think it's best to communicate face to face to avoid delaying the company's business."
(End of this chapter)